Baggage-car door



Apri? 29, 1924. A 1,492,485

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para rss EDWARD E. SHEAR, O'F KINGSTON, NEW YORK.

BAGGAGE-CAR DOOR.

Application filed November 12, 1923. Serial No. 674,288.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. SHEAR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State of New York,liave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baggage-Car Doors;and I do declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the4art to which it appertains to make `and use the same. A

It is common practice to slidably mount the doors of baggage cars andthese doors are very often left open to some extent while the train isin motion, for instance for ventilation. A number of serious accidentshave occurred, due to sudden stoppage of the train, when an occupant ofthe baggage car is looking or leaning out of the partially open door, aswhen such stoppage occurs, the door often slides forcibly shut. It isthe object of my invention however to provide an improved form ofbaggage car door having a supplemental section which may be opened,without danger of this section or the main section of the door slammingshut when the train is suddenly stopped.

With the foregoing in. view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter herein' after described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the y door completely closed.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the supplementalsection of the door swung open.

Figure 3 is an upper edge view showing I the parts in the position ofFig. 1.

Figure 4 is an upper edge view with the parts standing as shown in Fig.2. Figure 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but illustrating the door slidpartially open.

Figures 6 and 7 are detail horizontal sectional views on lines 6-6 and7--7 of Figs. h

1 andv 2, respectively.

Figure 8 is a detail vertical section on line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates oneside of a baggage car, said side having the usual door opening abovewhich a horizontal track 2 is rigidly mounted. Hangers 3 are engagedwith this track and suspenda main, relatively large, door section 4therefrom, the

lower edge of this section being grooved at 5 to receive a guide rail 6secured to the silll of the door frame. A supplemental, relatively smalldoor section 7 is connected by hinges 8 with one end of the door section4 and co-operates therewith in constituting a complete door.

Above the door sections 4 and 7, I have, shown a horizontal plate 9rigidly secured to the side of the car, said plate being illustratedwith an upstanding fiange 10 through which bolts or screws 11 pass tosecure it in place. The plate 9 is provided with an inner edge 12 whichconstitutes a stop to be engaged by one of the hangers 3, so that thcmain door section 4 cannot move from its normal, closed position, whenthe door 7 is swung open, that is, saidA door section 4 cannot move in adirection to close the portion of the door opening whichv is normallyclosed by the supplemental section 7. The plate 9 is formed with anarcuate slot 13 which is concentric with the axis of the hinges 8, whenthewdoor stands closed. This slot opens in the direction in whichthedoor moves when the latter is opened, and the opposite side walls 14 and15 of said slot` constitute arcuate tracks concentric'with the hinges 8.An upstanding shoe 16, on the supplemental door section 7, is receivedin the slot 13 to engage the tracks 14 and 15 and it will be seen byreference to Figs. 3 and 4,

. that when the door section 7 is closed, the

swung inwardly against the inner'side of the main section 4, the shoe 16leaves the slot 13,-so that theentire door may be slid open if desired.If it is necessary or advisable to have the door section 7 in an openposition, when the train is in motion, it will be absolutely safe for anoccupant of the car to lean out of the opening, previously closed bysaid section 7, as sudden stoppage ofthe train, cannot slam the ldoorshut and injure To hold the door section 7 against the lsection 4, whentheformer is swung inscribed, I preferably secure a short arcuate track18 to the sill of the door frame or the floor of the car for reception.in an arcuate groove 19 in the lower end of the supplemental doorsection 7. If desired, the door section 7 may be provided with spacedplates door is provided` which will be a protection against injury, byaccidents such as above set forth.

As excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed, they arepreferably followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed,numerousminor changes ma be made.

claim:

1. A baggage car door comprising a main slidably mounted door section, asupplemental door section carried by said main section and movable to anopen position without sliding said mainsection from its normal closedposition, and stationary trackage engaging said supplemental section andpreventing the entire door fromA sliding longitudinally when saidsupplemental section is closed, and also preventing closing movement ofsaid main section beyond its normal closed position when saidsupplemental section is o en. y v

2. lA oor comprising a slidably mounted` main section, a supplementalsection hinged on a vertical axis to said main section and inwardlyFoldable against the inner side thereof, and stationary arcuate trackageconcentric with the aforesaid axis when the door is closed, saidsupplemental section having a'shoe engaged with said trackage to holdthe entire door closed until said supplemental sectionis swung inwardlyon said main section.

3. A door comprising a slidably mounted main section, a supplementalsection hinged on a Vertical axis to said main section and inwardlyfolda'ble against the inner side thereof, inner and outer arcuate tracksstationarily `mounted and concentric with the aforesaid axis when thedoor is closed, and a shoe carried by said supplemental section andreceived between saidtracks when the l door is closed, saidy shoe beingdisengageable nac'aasa from said tracks when said supplemental sectionis swung inwardly against said main section.

4. A structure as specified in claim 2; ,to-

gether with a straight horizontal track lead-v supplemental door sectionagainst the main sectlon.

6. A door comprising a slidably mounted main section, a supplementalsection hinged on a vertical axis to said main section and inwardlyfoldable against the inner side thereof, a horizontal plate stationarilymounted at the upper end of the door and having an arcuate slotconcentric with the aforesaid hinge axis when the door is closed, saidslot opening in the direction'in which the door slides on its openingmovement,

and a shoe carried by said supplemental sec-v tion and receivedin saidslot when the door is closed.

7 A structure as specified in claim 6; t0- gether with a horizontaltrack secured to said plate substantially co-incident with the inneredge of said slot and extending therefrom in parallel relation with themain door section, said shoe be-ing engageable with said track as thedoor is slid open to hold the supplemental door section against the mainsection.

8. A door comprising a slidably mounted main section, a supplementalsection hinged on a Vertical axis to said main section and inwardlyfoldable against the inner sid'e thereof, and a stationary arcuate trackconcentric wth the aforesaid axis when the door is closed, saidsupplemental section having a groove in which said track is receiveduntil said supplemental section is swung inwardly against said mainsection.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

EDWARD E, SHEAR.

